Transcript Google Syntax

ESL Podcast
 How do you like the website?
 What can you do with this website?
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Google Syntax
Web Search Engine
 Do you use a search engine?
 What can a search engine do?
 A web search engine is a
software system that is designed
to search for information on
the World Wide Web.
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(1998)
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Group Discussion
 Do you use Google to locate information
(Google Search)?
 If yes, how do you find the information you
need?
 Form into groups and share your experience.
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What do you usually do with Google search?
Please give examples.
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Tips
 You already use Google, but using clever tips
will save you time and give you more
accurate results.
 Use a special syntax to tell Google that you
want to restrict your searches.
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Two kinds of syntax
 Punctuation & Symbol
 Search operators
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Reminder
 Google Search usually ignores punctuation,
except for the examples listed on their
website.
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Punctuation
“
“
 Look for exact words or phrase.
 When you put a word or phrase in quotes, the
results will only include pages with the same
words in the same order as the ones inside
the quotes.
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Example
 English listening
 “English listening”
 English listening
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( 227,000,000)
 “English listening”
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(443,000)
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Example
 “linking in English pronunciation“
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23waYQr
mo6w
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*
 asterisk
 Add an asterisk as a placeholder for any
unknown or wildcard terms.
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Example
 Please comment ______ the blog posts.
 How to _________ my life
 He is upset_____ his mother….
 Look forward to ___________
 我期待……
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聽到你的消息.
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Operator
 site:
 related:
 filetype:
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Site:
 Get results from certain sites or domains.
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Site:
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http://www.cnn.com
http://www.taipeitimes.com
http://www.bbc.co.uk
Domain
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Edu, gov, org
Nation: jp, tw, hk, id, sg, de, ph…etc.
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Examples
 Jeremy Lin from NBA
 Jeremy Lin from TaipeiTimes
 Taipei 2015 from CNN news
 “self-driving car” from Japan
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related
 Find sites that are similar to a web address
you already know.
 聯合新聞網
 http://udn.com
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related
 www.cnn.com
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Review
 Look for Podcast which is design for EFL
(English as a foreign language learners)
 Yesterday, there was ______ rain.
 The lake is so ______.
 His mom hit him _______.
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Review
 Taiwan and China presidents
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http://www.cnn.com
 News from china website
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filetype
 pdf
 jpg
 bmp
 ppt
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filetype
 “effective presentation”
 “self-driving car”
 filetype:pdf
 2015
 jpg/bmp (pumpkin farm)
 video
 Domain
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jp
de
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Google Toolbar
 http://www.google.com/intl/zh-
TW/toolbar/ie/index.html
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Google Toolbar
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Your turn
 Try out more keywords and syntax and see
how they work.
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